The Columbus journal., 1887-01-05

Fifteenth Army Corps, and followed
Sherman in the march to the sea. In
he desperate assault made upon
Hood at Atlanta Logan fought 10 he
never fought before, and when Nc
Pherson fell he took command of the
Army of the Tennessee, and with re-
sistless fury avenged the death Of tho
beloved commander.
The displacement Of Logan from a
position which be had earned and the
promotion of Howard to McPhSr.
sons place vas a blow from which
The general never did ecover. 1t
came very near derriving the army
of one Of its nost gallant and vslus-
bic officers. He considered it q cruel
and uncalled for humiliation. and bu;
for the e%Etresties of friends would
have endered his resignation. Ba'
be remained with the army until the
evacuation Of Atlanta, when he went
to Illinois to.stump the state. for Lin
coin. After the election he returned
to camp. and Iedihis corps in the re-
msrkable campaign through the Car
oliDas. After the surrender Of Johu-
son he..marched.his men ito Alexan-
der and rode at their head in the
grand review at Washington.
After being mustered out of the
army he - rendered the Mexican
mission bys. President johnson, but
declined it, and, covered with glory,
returned to his home in IlIinois.
where his political career was resum.
ed. He was nominated aud elected
ss a congressmsn-at-large from Iii
mole, and eerved as such until his el-
ection TO the senate to I'll the seat OF
Richard Yates in 1870 During his
service in the honse he wa M active
participant Of the debates and took
strong grounds In favor OF tho radi-
cal recon%s'rucii"n policy in Thsd-
deus Stevens. la 1869 he was one Of
the managers OF the part o: the tonsc
in :he johnson impeachment tris!.
His FIRST term a. senator 0: the
United States expired in 1877, when
he was de!eatsh$ fer reelection by
disaffccted memb ers Of his own
party in the legislation OF Illinois,
and David David wss chosen in his
stead. The republicans had but two
majority On joint ballot in this legis-
!siion, and there were three rcpresen-
tatives from the city Of Chicago who
voted with..the democrats for David
Dsvi'. In 1878, however, he was
D "euccessiul, and succeeded to the
seat of Richard J. Oglesby.
Gen. Logan has always been an
active man at al military reunions
and was one OF the founders Of the
Grand Army OF ihcRepubiic, which Or
iginated at Decatur, III. He Was ibr
first national cOmI,snder Of that Or
ganization, and as such issued The or
der in 1865 for the decoration Of the
graves of Union soldiers tho Both o:
May.
Until recently Gen. Logsn's resi-
dence in Washington WAS in a board
Ing house, in which he occupied two
modest rooms for more than twelve
years. A year ago he moved into q
reeidence--a hOuse OF bis OWL
known "a the "Calumet." where he
livrd:in morescomfGrt than before.
Gen. Logan Was always a leader in
securing pension legislation !; was one
0: the most urgent advocates. of the
arrears of pension:bi'l, and has never
failed At each meeting of congress to
present a bill for the equalization 0.
bounties. He had.mstured @ meas
ure to pension every man who saw
active service in the war. He wa
radical on the subject Of internal i'm
prOvements, always voted for libe-a'
appropriations 70 rivers andlharbors
and gave his support to railroad
Immigrant measures. His personal
honesty, however. was never doubted,
and bis poverty vas the best evidence
Of his integrity. Having been in
public life almost since he reached
his majority, and having given bic
entire time to politics, he had no time
TO engage in lucrative employment,
and his entire property consisted of a
residence on Calumet avenue, in
Chicago, which is worth from $25, 600
to $4,000, and . farm at hi. old home
in southern Illinois, besides q house
in Washington.
No q whose intimacy with the
Logan family has given him a knowI.
edge of its past will deny to Mrs.
Logan the credit of being her hus-
band's most energetic advocate and
judicious adviser, and at the same
time . devoted mother. She has
two children--a daughter. who is the
wife OF Paymaster Tucker Of the
army. now stationed at Santa Fe, and
a BOD, Manning, who was for q time
a cadet At West Point, having in
herited his fathers military ambition.
Both of them were educated by Mrs.
Logan, or under her personal Super
vision both were constantly at her
side; in the camp, during war time,
and in the most exciting political
she never for q moment
the duties Of her house.
hold or forgot her children's claims.
Gen. Logan's popularity was with
the masses. In the country, among